Maureen's First Blog

Hello, I’m Maureen – you may remember when we first met about three months ago

I thought I’d like to tell you how I’m getting on in my new home. Please excuse my English – I come from Africa and I’m still learning the language. When I first came to your country, I went to the Chelsea Floor Show before I moved here to Bracknell.

There are many animals in Africa but I have never seen anything like these two – they are called Beers (I think that’s what they said they are)

They looked a bit fierce but they turned out to be very friendly. Bruno – he’s the one at the top – explained that I needed to look after some plants. When I looked at them, I saw they all had coloured leaves. Soon I thought I should get some more so here are some photos of what I bought (the names are in a funny language called Latin so I’ve probably got these wrong too).

This one is an abelia called ‘Kaleidoscope’. I know this is right because I looked in a book and abelia was the first one listed

I’m not sure who Anthea was but she must have upset someone because this is I-kill-ya ‘Anthea’

I know this one because it grows in South Africa. It is an agapanthus and it is called ‘Tinkerbell’ but I don’t think it flowers very much

This is a small shrub – You-own-a-mouse ‘Blondy’

And this is another You-own-a-mouse called ‘Pierrlino’

The leaves on this one scorch in sun so it needs some shade. It is a fuchsia called ‘Golden Leaf’

Bruno says someone called Spits (who owns a dog called Henry) will like this as it’s a geranium. The variety is ‘Dusky Rose’

I had to get Bruno to write the name of this grass down for me as it is not easy to say. It is hakonechloa macra ‘Naomi’

Apparently, hooker-as are very popular plants. This is ’Plum Royale’

This is a variegated liriope. Barney, the other beer, is quite jealous because he looks after some with green leaves and cannot get them to flower

I think this plant wants to go on holiday – it’s called Pack-me-Sandra

I’m not sure whether this may be used as a herbal medicine? It’s called Percy-care-ear ‘Red Dragon’

Anyway, that’s all the new plants for now. This is how my garden looks – do you like it?

Maureen, a marvellous blog for your first attempt, excellent English, you'll learn all the plant names soon and how to pronounce them ! Are you happy in Andrews garden, he's planted something right by your front and back left legs, you ok with that ? Tell him if you're not, he's always moving plants around in the garden. Will he cover you up when the Winter arrives ?